Formal Style of Writing and Tone

Formal or informal? >> The tone is polite, but impersonal

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.6

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

Formal or informal? >> Found most often in personal e-mail and in some business correspondence, nonfiction books of general interest, and mass-circulation magazines

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.6

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

Formal or informal? >> The tone is personal

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.6

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.SL.7.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

Formal or informal? >> Avoids using contractions and slang

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.6

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

Formal or informal? >> Freely uses first and second person pronouns (I, me, my, we, you, yours, our, ours, us)

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

Formal or informal? >> Avoids using abbreviations

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.6

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

Formal or informal? >> Maintains a serious tone

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.SL.5.6

CCSS.SL.6.6

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.7.1D

Formal or informal? >> May use humor or more casual tone

• formal

• informal

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Formal or informal? >> Avoids using first and second person pronouns (I, me, my, we, us, our, ours, you, yours). Often uses “one” or “the reader” instead.

• formal

• informal

Which sentence is an example of formal writing?

• The cell phone policies that are in place right now clearly are not beneficial for many; now is the time schools made a change and stopped fighting against cell phones and started taking advantage of them.

• The cell phone policies that are in place right now clearly aren't beneficial for many; don't you think it's time schools made a change and stopped fighting against cell phones and started taking advantage of them?